Cuff link



Jan.30, 1940. ,H; T. GARFz'IGUS" 2,188,505

@UEF LINK Filed 001;. 21 1938 lNVEN ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 30, 1940 j ICUFF LINK Horace T. Garrigus, Millburn Township, Essex County, N. J.,assignor to Garrigus & C0.- -Inc., v j Newark, N. J., a corporationofNcw Jersey Application October 21, 1938, Serial No. 236,176

3 Claims.

This invention relates to cufi links; and more particularly to that typeof cuff link in which a bar at one end of a shank is supported by meansof an intermediate pivot so that it may be positioned in alignment withthe shank for inserting and removing the shank from cuff openings, andalso positioned at right angles to the shank after the shank has beeninserted through the openings of a cuff to fasten portions of the cufftogether.

Heretofore, cufi links of the type herein considered have been made withthe pivot through the axis of the bar intermediate its length. This formnecessitated forming a pivot through the bar which increased the cost ofmanufacture; and also did not enable the bar to be held in adjustedpositions to accommodate openings of difierent distances between cufisections.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a more efficientmeans of connecting a pivoted bar with the shank in a cufi link, andconnecting the shank to the ornamental member at its end opposite to thepivoted bar, to enable cull links to be manufactured more rapidly andconveniently without sacrifice as to strength, appearance or durability.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cuff link havinga shank with a pivoted bar at one end thereof, the pivot of the barbeing offset from the axis of the bar so that the bar may assume twodistinct positions when at right angles to the shank and thus providemeans of adjusting the cufi link to accommodate difierent distancesbetween sections of a cufi.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, areaccomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing,forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a cuff link embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a cufi link,

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a bar forming an element of thecuff link, 7

Fig.4 is a plan view of a shank used in the cufi link,

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the pivoted bar employed in the cufflink,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the manner in which an ornament isattached to a bar,

Fig. '7 is a view showing the manner in which cuff links are used tohold sections of a cuff together, and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the bar shown in Fig. 5. Referring to thedrawing, the cufi link is shown to comprise a shank (see Fig. 4), havingside arms 8 which are connected by a curved portion 9 at one end, theother end of the arms 5 being spaced from each other and havingtransverse openings Hi, adapted to receive a pivot pin I I (see Fig. 2)upon which is pivoted a small bearing I2, attached to a bar 13 which maybe tubular as shown in Fig. 6 for the purpose of supporting at each endthereof ornaments [4, if

desired. The bearing l2 which is attached to bar I3 in .any desired orconvenient manner is also provided with a transverse opening I! toreceive the pivot pin ll upon which the I bearing and the attached barare pivotally mounted. I I

At the curved portions 9 of the shank, there is secured at right anglesthereto a bar l5, which is similar to the bar l3 and has mounted in eachend thereof ornaments I6.

From the above description it will be seen that the bearing I2 is offsetfrom the longitudinal and transverse axis of the bar l3, so that in oneposition the bar 43 may lie within the shank as shown in full lines inFig. 1, and in another position may lie without the shank as shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, thus providing means for adjusting the 'cufilink to accommodate difi'erent distances between sections of a c I I Theabove described structureobviously simplifies the manufacture of cufflinks of the type herein considered, in that tubes I5 and [3 may beidenticalin shape, and it is only necessary to attach the bearing I2 tothe tube I3 by means of soldering or the like, and insert the pin H inthe openings 10 in the free ends of the arms 8 of the shank, and theopening I! in the bearing 12. I 40 The foregoing disclosure is to beregarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive orlimitative of the invention, of which, obviously, embodiments may beconstructed, including many modifications, without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention herein set forth and denoted in theappended claims.

.I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a cufi link, a substantially U-shaped shank having a pair of sidearms connected at one end by a curved portion and the other end of saidarms being spaced and provided with transverse openings, a bar securedto the curved portion of the shank, a second bar having a bearingattached thereto and ofiset from the axis of the bar, and a pivot pinpassing through said bearing and positioned in said openings in the armsof the shank, the width of said bar being less than the space betweensaid arms so that the bar may assume a position within the shank atright angles thereto.

2. In a cuff link, a substantially U-shaped shank having a pair of sidearms connected at one end by a curved portion and the other end of saidarms being spaced and provided with transverse openings, a bar securedto the curved portion of the shank, a second bar having a bearingattached thereto and offset from the axis of the bar, and a pivot pinpassing through said bearing and positioned in said openings in the armsof the shank, the width of said bar being less than the space betweensaid arms so that the bar may assume a position within the shank atright angles thereto, and ornaments secured to the ends of said bars.

3. In a cufi link, a shank having a pair of arms connected at one end,the other end of said arms being spaced apart, a bar having a width lessthan the space between said arms, and pivot means secured to the barintermediate its length and oifset from the axis thereof, said pivotmeans being mounted in the free ends of said arms so that the bar mayassume a position within the shank at right angles thereto or a positionwithout the shank at right angles thereto.

HORACE T. GARRIGUS.

